LENITIVE (2)

lenitive (2). Lenitive, a. assuasive, easing, softening, mild

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Len″i‐tive, n. [[Cf. F. lénitif.]] 1. 1. (Med.) (a) A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants. (b) A mild purgative; a laxative.
2. 2. That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.
There is one sweet lenitive at least for evils, which Nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell asleep. Sterne.